History as Uhuru flags off tankers carrying crude oil

Four tanktainers at the Ngamia 8 oil well in Nakukulas, Turkana County. President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged of four tanktainers setting off from Lokichar to the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited in Changamwe. Kenya is the first East African country to exploit it's oil on 03-06-2018. [photo/Kevin Tunoi/Standard]

Kenya is on the verge of joining oil exporting countries after President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged off the first oil consignment under the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS).

Yesterday four tankers set off from Lokichar, in the heart of Turkana County, towards Mombasa where the oil will be stored in tanks, awaiting export.